No justice for butterflies

{Prologe}

Have you ever watched falling snowflakes? Slowly, delicately; yes almost elegantly; on their short journey from high above to the bottom. A seemingly pleasant, yet insignificant natural phenomenon in our big, hectic world. But is this really the truth? After all, if there had never been a trace of humans, never a light illuminating the dark streets at night, never a firework at New Year's Eve, snowflakes would still be falling. They fall, and fall and even if what was once will never be again, if the world stopped spinning, they will fall.

Despite all that: watching them through a window, surrounded by comfort and warmth, can be considered an undeniable delight. Maybe this is all we need in life. But maybe there is more that just watching, maybe you have to see the snowflakes as they fall down on your pure skin like cold needles. Maybe this will be painful, unpleasant and yet, for once, real. And then, maybe and just maybe, this realization might be what we really need in life. Will you remain where safety and comfort resides or go where the unknown and new awaits? The choice is yours, the steps are yours to take.

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

• Alan Watts